For the last couple of weeks - really, since I built my new system - I've noticed that nearly every time I try to play a game, the video locks up, and then I either lose the signal, or it blinks and then comes back, with the following error message:
so I can click either "send" or "don't send", and then I get this:
Any ideas why this would happen? It doesn't have to be a 3D game either; it just did it when I tried to play an old copy of Sim City 2000. Here are the system specs, if they'll help:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
1GB (2x512) PC3200 @ PC2700 speed - board downclocked when I added the second stick
Chaintech VNF3-250 mainboard
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB video card
Nathan
VPU Recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands. Please tell ATI technologies about this.
so I can click either "send" or "don't send", and then I get this:
VPU Recover was unable to fully recover from a hardware deadlock, and has switched to software rendering. To resotre hardware rendering, you must restart your computer. Do you want to restart your computer now?
Any ideas why this would happen? It doesn't have to be a 3D game either; it just did it when I tried to play an old copy of Sim City 2000. Here are the system specs, if they'll help:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
1GB (2x512) PC3200 @ PC2700 speed - board downclocked when I added the second stick
Chaintech VNF3-250 mainboard
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB video card
Nathan